from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. now at 11:00, as election day looms, officials try everything to get people into the polls, even on the weekends. we'll look at how saturday voting went in san francisco.

and from early voting to early halloween celebrations. we're out with the ghosts and ghouls enjoying the city's spooky offerings. >> halloween is a big thing to bring people out. >> people will be dancing there, and you know, it's going to be so fun. >> we have a lot of things to work on in the city, but it's fun. and later, smart train gets back on track as an extension into wine country builds up steam. more on that in a minute, but we begin tonight with the weather and not because of another fire threat but because of fundamental changes. total opposite. did you see the clouds coming in today? >> i did. and eventually the rain? >> the rain coming tomorrow. gorgeous time lapse over your shoulder from salesforce tower. we'll talk about the clouds because they're actually left over from a hurricane. that's not what's bringing the rain. the rain is coming from a totally different direction. you'll see a line of showers

between midnight and noon tomorrow, and then by the time we get to late morning, we'll start to see things break up, and it will become a little more on again off again showers and the showers take us through the afternoon. very spotty and hit and miss. how much rain was that? not really a lot. if you look at the totals on here, it's almost like you could draw a line tomorrow. if you are from the golden gate south through the bay. everyone down there, it's mostly zeros. and then up here is where we'll see the rain between midnight and noon. santa rosa could pick up a tenth of an inch of rain. 0.08 inches of rain for petaluma, little less in novato. there's also a noticeable cool down to talk about. we'll talk about that in the full forecast. >> okay, thank you, darren. it was aye aye casper at the

uss hornet's halloween party. some have called it the most haunted ship in america. the event is scheduled to continue until 1:00 p.m. in san francisco, it was time to party hard and early tonight. big crowds and wild costumes from the castro to the mission up to polk street. we're tracking it all down. >> reporter: san francisco is alive with halloween festivities kicking off around the city. manny started his night in the castro telling guests to visit flow -- glow in the streets. the event is a free neon light experience that anyone can enjoy. the decorations are brightly lit, and a dj is playing the latest tech know and house hits. and all donations go

to helping the unhoused. but manny's favorite part is the music. >> people will be dancing, and it will be so fun just being around people in costumes. >> reporter: and dolores park was traded for jurassic park. the city's very own dinosaur owned and operated by trevor mead single game record bringing joy to folks around the city and keeping san francisco a little weird is just a treat in itself. >> reporter: the dinosaur roars, wines, and sings too. trevor says this is his contribution to san francisco's freedom of expression, and it's captivating to see for everyone. well, almost everyone. but the party is just getting going for

the younger crowd on polk street where lines and lines of costume clad people are here for a pub schedule. ethan says it's a sign of life. >> halloween is a big thing to bring people out and people want to get dressed up and have fun. still a lot of things to work on in the city, but it's been fun. >> now you have something to do after the newscast tonight. with ten days left until election day, more than 18 million americans have already cast their ballots, and millions more will do so before the election deadline. polling is showing the republicans are cutting into democrats' edge on early voting this year. other polls are showing the race to be in an almost dead heat. in san francisco, election officials are working to make it as as possible to cast early ballots, especially on the weekends. da

lin has the story. >> reporter: voting, it's important, powerful, and now convenient. >> it was so easy. very smooth. i just walked in, not much of a line. >> reporter: julie went to the san francisco elections office on saturday to update her edge administration and vote. >> i do have a long work schedule and usually work past 6:00, so i decided the weekend would be better. >> reporter: no long lines, but a steady amount of people came through. >> with work, things are sometimes unpredictable, but the opportunity to come in and vote on the weekend is so easy. nothing blocking the calendar day. >> reporter: this san francisco voter lives and working overseas. he came to vote with his mother since he's back on a quick break. because of the presidential election, the san francisco elections director believes more than 80% of the registered voters will turn out. >> it just expands the the options for people. as we get

closer to election day, we'll see more and more people come to city hall. >> reporter: the director says they already received around 90,000 ballots. they expect to be very busy leading up to election day november 5th. >> people can still register, they just have to do it in person. >> reporter: for julie, several races are important for her, including the mayoral race. >> i do think we're starting to recover, but i think change is needed to be able to really get back to how we started out. i think what's happened in the city since the pandemic is detrimental. >> reporter: she says you don't have to wear a cape to save the world. with the stroke of a pen, anyone can shape the future. >> get out, vote, make your voice heard, and save our democracy. >> election workers will be available seven days a week to answer questions voters might have both at the polls and over

the phone. meantime, both former president trump and vice president kamala harris were in michigan today. harris was joined for the first time on the campaign trail by former first lady michelle obama. she's not a fan of mr. trump. >> if donald trump is president again, at some point or another that ugliness will touch all of our lives. if you don't make 6, 8, or 12 figures, i promise he will not think about you when he gets into the oval office. >> there is a yearning in our country for a president who sees the people. not just looking in the mirror all the time. >> i'm here with a message of hope for all americans. we'll stop the invasion of criminals into our country, and i will bring back the american dream for your children and for yourselves. >> the next big swing state on

each candidates' schedule is pennsylvania. with its 19 electoral votes. both michigan and pennsylvania went to trump in 2016 and flipped to biden in 2020. we're your headquarters for the final stretch of the campaign through election night. we're online at kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. for now, a plan to connect wine country to the rest of the north bay is chugging along. and andrea will have a look at the match

welcome back. the state is sending $81 million to the north bay to expand smart train service into the wine country. john ramos says that plan has derailed before. >> reporter: in 2008 people in marin and sonoma counties approved funding for the smart train. there's been a lot of starts and stops to the project, but now it looks like it's poised to take the next step forward. it's been a long time

since any train arrived at the depot, but there was a time when it was the way nearly everyone got to the northern sonoma towns. >> the train was one of the main ways that people came up to visit heelsburg to visit the river back in the day. trains went all over the place. >> reporter: the mayor is excited about the announcement that the state of california approved $81 million to expand the train to healdsburg. >> it connects us even closer to windsor and soon to cloverdale. >> reporter: federal funding is already in place to rebuild the rail bridge over the river into town. the 81 million from the state will go to replacing all the track, add an automated control system, and construct a

bike and pedestrian path along the corridor. the smart board vice president says it shows the state's commitment to complete the system. >> everyone said oh, you'll never get to windsor, and it's opening there next year. i think it's evident we're on a trajectory to complete the vision of the voters for smart. >> reporter: but the vision has changed over the years. smart was sold to voters as an eco friendly way to get people to san francisco, but that never really worked out, especially after work habits changed in the pandemic. >> i think in 2008 we thought a lot of folks would be going just to their jobs, but we're finding the the whole community is really taking advantage of it. it's also retired people going out to lunch, meeting friends, and school aged kids going to and from school. >> reporter: in april smart began letting seniors and kids ride for free. the truth is, the

farther you get from san francisco, the more the mission of smart changes, and probably should. jeff and cheryl drove up from santa rosa for a picnic overlooking the bridge. >> the train came in and unloaded somewhere, and you got a two or three block walk to everything. you could see it actually working here. >> i think coming up to healdsburg would be nice. we come here all the time and live in santa rosa. >> reporter: a train that was meant to get people to work is rapidly becoming a way to get them away from it all. >> fun little train to ride. if there are no delays, smart expects the extension to be completed some time in 2028. and now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring in darren peck. with this rain coming in, if you had an old antique english car parked in the driveway, would you have to pull

it in tonight? >> asking for a friend? >> yes, asking for a friend. >> yeah, if you wanted to be perfectly safe, but it's not that kind of rain. >> just a little. >> probably. by the time it gets to marin county, it would probably be a trace. >> later in the week? >> not even then, probably the same story. there's a couple heading our way, but the next one getting here still doesn't look like much. >> tell us about it. >> yeah, tomorrow we don't want you taken off guard by this. there is some rain coming. if we take the futurecast forward from midnight, and let that go through around noon, it's really focused where smart is going to be running. up through sonoma county. santa rosa probably getting a tenth of an inch between 3:00 in the morning and noon. there were a few other scattered showers which you probably saw in that time frame. but all we've looked at so far is midnight through noon. there's still a little more to

go. not as impressive, but let's play it forward. little rain into the afternoon and evening on sunday. it's really light stuff. by the time we get to monday morning, you can see a few showers still. showing you the totals again, virtually nothing measurable here, and perhaps a tenth of an inch in santa rosa. that covers the rain side of this. we all have to readjust our expectations in temperatures because you've been living with quite nice, particularly numbers near 80 inland. we were doing that today. going wide on the map, watch the progression, how did you do today? you want you to see how much we're about to drop. low 80s for inland valleys. those were today. here

comes sunday's numbers. the numbers for sunday, they've come down by about ten degrees. but you'll keep going from here. by the time we get to monday, now we're looking at daytime highs for inland valleys on the verge of 82, 83 today. you'll be in the upper 60s the day after tomorrow. then just to finish up the temperature story, it's cool in the afternoon, but by tuesday morning, some of the coldest air will have settled in. now we're looking at tuesday morning lows. a lot of low 40s. but again we put a spotlight up here. for the first time of the season we have a forecast for morning lows in the north bay to go into the upper 30s. so there will be plenty more where that came from the next few months, but it will be the first one. even if you're not doing 39 degrees in the morning in santa rosa, wherever you are in the bay, everywhere will feel noticeably cooler,

particularly by monday. daytime highs not getting out of the 50s in the city. 57 is the warmest you get monday. upper 50s. you were 74 today. there's the seven-day forecast for inland microclimates. you stay around the low 70s for daytime highs after we bottom out tuesday. andrea, over to you. thank you, darren. coming up in sports, many baseball fans in the bay area are rooting for the yankees in the world series. we'll have a recap from game two. and it's been a tough introduction to the acc for cal football, but what happens when the bears face an old pac-12 team? we'll have the answer after the break.

cal has seen its share of heartbreak in its last four games and in some games they've had huge leads only to lose in the final minutes. this afternoon they faced a familiar pac-12 opponent and familiar face at the game, bay area's own biggest sports fan, e40. let's go to the first quarter. cal's first possession. mendoza passes the ball to thomas. thomas is stuck, so he tosses it back to the quarterback that runs it in. it's both a passing and rushing touchdown as cal takes the early lead. bears again roll right and hunter for the touchdown. mendoza with 364 passing yards. cal goes up 28-0, and the bears

end the four-game skid with a final of 44 to 7. game day on the farm, and stanford was looking for its first acc home win against wake forest. three minutes to go in the first half, and hank finds morton in the end zone for the 18-yard touchdown. wake led by 10 at the half. under nine minutes to play. ashton daniels connects with sam rausch who barrels in for the game tying score, and the home crowd loving it. under two to play, wake forest knocks in the field goal. then picked off by anderson. the demon deacons win 27-24. san jose state taking on rival fresno state for the

valley trophy. second quarter, the spartans down 3. moss is down field, and he's got room to run after that catch. moss takes it 45 yards for the score to stretch the lead to 10. fresno state wins 33-10. they have a record of 5 and 3 headed into the bye week. and there's ice cube, everyone a fan of his music, but if you're a giants fan, the video you're about to see is disturbing. freeman deep to right center, making it 4-1 la. but los angeles, you've got a problem. bottom 7, ohtani caught stealing, and he calls the trainers in for help. he dislocates his shoulder and didn't return to the game. top 9th, the yankees down 2 with bases loaded, but trevino didn't have the same freeman

magic. dodgers take a 2-0 series lead headed back to the bronx on monday. the sharks in las vegas facing former their former teammate and the golden knights. it's 3-0 las vegas. the golden knights win 7-3, and the sharks are winless through the first inane games of the season. coming up on the other side, it's one of the best rivalries in football as the cowboys visit levi stadium sunday. we'll step back in time and show you the top

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the 49ers need to bounce back after the loss last week, but getting win against the cowboys makes it just a little bit sweeter with this rivalry. we look another some of the best moments from this rivalry in this top five. >> prescott takes off running the football. i don't think this is going to work out! the official gets in the way. it's

over, the game is over! san francisco survives and advances. >> i'm livid if i'm a cowboy fan! ♪ everybody hurts. ♪ >> i don't think our guys totally know the rivalry. they've got an idea now. >> purdy, going to throw back right, and it's juggled, and george kittle makes the catch to midfield. what a catch by kittle! >> it seemed like it was ten seconds of bobbling, i was like dude, come on. >> i was pretty confident he had it, then he bobbled it twice. >> trying to be dramatic and get the ratings up. that's what we're here for. >> it's great to see the clock hit zero and see the niners over the cowboys. >> owens, leaping catch right corner, touchdown san francisco! >> he's going to the star,

he's going to the star. look at this! no way! >> this is going to open up a war! >> there are flags all over this field. >> oh, man, i have never seen anything like that in the nfl. >> back to throw it, and intercepted by eric davis! and davis will score for the 49ers. >> three in a row won't happen. >> it's his day and it's his team, and he knows it, and everyone else knows it. >> for the upstart 49ers, they're six yards away from pontiac. 3rd and 3. >> montana looking, running, throwing in the end zone,

caught! it's a mad house at candle stick! >> the game tomorrow is at levi stadium, but it's the latest sunday night football game, so we have to wait a little longer for it to get started. isn't it ironic one of the most famous calls is by the dodgers' announcer vin scully? >> yes, he's a legend. and how a little free library grew into an institution for one bay area community.

some say it's impossible to fix san francisco. they also said you couldn't escape from alcatraz. but watch me do both. other candidates want to tear down san francisco, but i'll build on what's already great to make it even better. with expanded rent control, new homes for the middle class community policing to reduce crime, and an inspector general to root out corruption.

let's get to work. paid for by aaron peskin for mayor 2024. financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org what began as a road side free library in contra costa county has grown into something much bigger both in numbers and in meaning for the neighborhood. jody started the project with a single box in her front yard and

said she's happy to see what it's grown into, helping expand the community's access to literature. those are fun, do you have some of those in your neighborhood? >> there is one. do you have one in yours? >> i haven't seen one around, so probably not. i do a lot of walking. you can go to andrea's and check hers out. it's great. thanks for watching. the next local newscast is tomorrow morning from 6:00 to 7:00, and remember to bring your mgb to the garage - hey, guys. - we brought a truckload of magic. what would you like to make disappear? - all that stuff out there. (gasps) when you want junk to disappear, all you have to do is point. (truck beeps) bye. - [announcer] call 1-800-got-junk.

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